Data Protection Officer Jobs in the South East

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
England > South East

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary in the South East is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 - 474
Rank change year-on-year - - -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 17 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% - 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £27,750 - £43,800
25th Percentile £36,250 - £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.62%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £47,250
90th Percentile - - £47,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,633 13,568 19,141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 90.53% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,320 8,524 12,657
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in the South East

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Officer in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Protection Officer in the South East

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Officer in the South East

Data Protection Officer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Officer within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley - 7 £85,000 - 1
Berkshire - 5 £85,000 -
West Sussex - 4 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £28,500 - 1
Hampshire - 2 £37,500 -
Kent - 1 £45,000 -
East Sussex - 1 £66,500 -
Data Protection Officer
England

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Data Protection Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 15 (88.24%) Information Security
3 12 (70.59%) Legal
4 9 (52.94%) Data Privacy
5 7 (41.18%) GDPR
6 6 (35.29%) Information Security Governance
6 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (35.29%) Data Security
6 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
6 6 (35.29%) Finance
7 5 (29.41%) B2C
8 4 (23.53%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (17.65%) Data Management
9 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (17.65%) Law
9 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
9 3 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (17.65%) Data Sharing
10 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
10 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (11.76%) ISEB
10 2 (11.76%) SQL
10 2 (11.76%) Time Management
10 2 (11.76%) Marketing
10 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
11 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
11 1 (5.88%) Information Management
11 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 12 (70.59%) Legal
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Law
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 15 (88.24%) Information Security
3 9 (52.94%) Data Privacy
4 6 (35.29%) Data Security
4 6 (35.29%) Information Security Governance
4 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
5 5 (29.41%) B2C
6 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Data Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Sharing
6 3 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (11.76%) Time Management
8 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
8 1 (5.88%) Information Governance
8 1 (5.88%) Information Management
8 1 (5.88%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
2 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001